Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Canis Major (CMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2359
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Thor´s Helmet, Ruben Barbosa
Thor´s Helmet
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* Image acquisition by Insight Observatory (Franck Jobard at Deep Sky Chile). Frames: Lum 39x600, RGB 60x600, Ha 38x600, OIII 44x600.
* Image processing by Ruben Barbosa.

The image data is available via subscription on Starbase at Insight Observatory Starbase.


NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major.

The nebula is approximately 12 thousand light years away and 30 light-years in size.

The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, an extremely hot star thought to be in a brief pre-supernova stage of evolution.

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Thor´s Helmet, Ruben Barbosa

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